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Liverpool legend Hansen: De Gea has lost trust of Man Utd teammates

Liverpool legend Alan Hansen feels David De Gea is Manchester United's weak link.

The Spaniard gaffed for West Bromwich Albion's goal in United's 2-1 win.

Hansen wrote in the Telegraph: "De Gea is in trouble now, not simply because of the scrutiny that will come in the newspapers and on the television - to players, that does not really matter - but because he does not have the trust of his team-mates.

"The only way he can earn that is by going out and eradicating the mistakes.

"He needs a run of eight, 10 or more games without any sort of error, because as soon as he makes another one, people will automatically remember the two that have marred his first two games in England. Here we go again. He may never escape that stigma.

"And if that error comes, say, when United have lost to Arsenal or to Spurs, then suddenly Ferguson has a much more difficult decision to make. That is when the damage really will be done."

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